Good morning! This is a reminder that picture retakes will take place tomorrow morning, Tuesday, October 20. Students who would like a retake must bring their picture packet from the original photo order with them. Retakes cannot be done without it. If your child is happy with their original picture, no action is needed. Thank you!
Middle School Parent-Teacher Conferences: 🗓 Thurs 10/22 | 4:00–9:00 PM 🗓 Fri 10/23 | 8:00 AM–1:00 PM No appointment needed — teachers will be in their classrooms. Bring $10 to join the SMS PTA and support our school! 💙✨
Hey SMS, are you ready for a family night full of fun? 🎉🏐 Join us Tuesday, Oct 20 • 7–8 PM for Family Gym Night! Students need an adult or high-school sibling to attend. Expect volleyball, gaga ball, lightning, and four square — games, laughs, and good vibes guaranteed. Who’s on your team?
Students in Design and Modeling built cardboard race cars for rubber ducks! They competed against each other in a race bracket and also competed in a distance challenge to see whose car rolled the farthest!
SMS Clothing Drive & Swap:
It’s time for our clothing drive! Simmons is collecting gently used clothing, and then sharing it with our community at a clothing swap.
Monday-Wednesday (Nov 2-4): Clothing Drive at Simmons
We’re collecting lightly used clothing in all sizes and all ages, including:
-Shirts
-Pants
-Jackets
-Sweatshirts
-Snow gear
-Shoes
Class competition:
Drop your donations on the SMS stage, placing them in the students grade. The grade that collects the most clothing items will win a prize at lunch! Let the friendly competition begin.
Thursday, November 5 | 6-8 pm | SMS Cafeteria: Clothing Swap
All the clothes collected will be available at our clothing swap! Any SMS family is welcome to come in and take whatever clothing they need. Everyone is invited!
Clean out those closets, rally your classmates, and help us support our community. Thank you for your generosity! 💙
Sixth-grade Language Arts students were up and moving as they put their learning into action, searching for examples of pronoun-antecedent agreement in sentences!
Students in Mrs. Trefz's class have been practicing ordering from a menu, taking orders, and adding up the cost of the "meal" ordered in English.
October is National Principals Month, and we want to celebrate our amazing principals at #AberdeenPublicSchools! Today we're recognizing Mrs. Lambrechts at Simmons Middle School. Thank you for all you do for our students, staff, and families! 💙🦅💛
It’s National School Lunch Week at #AberdeenPublicSchools, with a theme of Cafeteria Circus! 🎪
This week's lunch menu is:
💙 Monday: No School
💛 Tuesday: Cheeseburgers
💙 Wednesday: Nachos
💛 Thursday: Chicken Nuggets
💙 Pizza Party Fridays!
#NSLW #NationalSchoolLunchWeek
This week's lunch menu is:
💙 Monday: No School
💛 Tuesday: Cheeseburgers
💙 Wednesday: Nachos
💛 Thursday: Chicken Nuggets
💙 Pizza Party Fridays!
#NSLW #NationalSchoolLunchWeek
Simmons and Holgate did wonderfully at Lake Area Marching Festival today- taking 1st in the middle school division- Go Eagles!
October is National Principals Month, and we want to celebrate our amazing principals at #AberdeenPublicSchools! Today we're recognizing Dr. Murley at Simmons Middle School. Thank you for all you do for our students, staff, and families! 💙🦅💛
Students in Mrs. Conklin's Medical Detectives learned about blood and blood types this week. They did a blood typing simulation lab to show off their knowledge! 🩸
Last week, Simmons Middle School students attended Camp Med at the Aberdeen Civic Arena! Thank you to Mrs. Stenvig for the photos! #GoEagles #AberdeenPublicSchools 💙🦅💛
Students in Mrs. Trefz's class are working on money identification and counting money in English.
SMS Golden Crew attended the SD Peer Leadership Training on Wednesday. They learned a lot and are excited to plan some fun activities for everyone this year!
Students in Mr. Carlson’s class stepped into the mystery surrounding King Tut’s death! Students learned about the theories surrounding King Tut’s mysterious death. Along the way, they learned about the different parts and anatomy of a sarcophagus, and created their own.
Today's Game Day Eats at #AberdeenPublicSchools: Apple nachos!
Students, enjoy wedged apples topped with chocolate, caramel and marshmallow! 🍎🍫
#GameDayEats #GoEagles 💙🦅💛
Students, enjoy wedged apples topped with chocolate, caramel and marshmallow! 🍎🍫
#GameDayEats #GoEagles 💙🦅💛
It’s National Noodle Day! Students: We’re serving our creamy mac and cheese for lunch today at #AberdeenPublicSchools! 💙💛
This week in Science, we worked on comparing plant and animal cells.
🍎 October is Apple Month! 🍎
Apples will be served daily at #AberdeenPublicSchools, and enjoy these apple fun facts:
🍎 Apples float because they are 85% water.
🍎 The apple is a member of the rose family.
🍎 There are over 2,500 varieties of apples in the US, and over 7,500 worldwide.
🍎 The science of apple growing is called pomology.
Apples will be served daily at #AberdeenPublicSchools, and enjoy these apple fun facts:
🍎 Apples float because they are 85% water.
🍎 The apple is a member of the rose family.
🍎 There are over 2,500 varieties of apples in the US, and over 7,500 worldwide.
🍎 The science of apple growing is called pomology.
